Total-adding fare-register.



r1. 1. BAUR.

TOTAL ADDlNG FARE REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 22. um.

3 153 881 Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

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TOTAL ADDING FARE REGISYER.

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TOTAL ADDING FARE REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 22. 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGO J. BAUR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 JAY M. JOHNSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TOTAL-ADDING FARE-REGISTER.

Application filed Apri122, 1512.

To (all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, HUoo J. BAUR, a citizen of the llnited States. and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cool; and State of Illinois. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Total- Adding l arellegisters and I do hereby dc clare that the following is a full. clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numbers of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of total adding fare registers set forth in the joint application of Jay M. Johnson and myself (Hugo J. Baur) for combined fare and passenger registers, filed Nov. 7, 1910, Serial No. 591,093, in which the total adding mechanisms are actuated from suitable driving mechanisms operatively connected with the element for carrying the coins one by one to a place of deposit.

The object of this invention is to afford a construction whereby simple and positively operating means act to bring the registering mechanisms into train with the passage of each coin, and to record thereby the coin value thereof upon the register.

It is also an object of the inventionto afford means operated by the coin to bring the registering mechanism into train with the driving means for the machine, and in connection therewith means independent of the coin for holding said elements an train until the completion of the registering of said coins value upon the register.

It is also an object of the invention to afford in a device of the class described, a carrying element having pro ections thereon adapted to engage and carry the coin to registering position and thence to dischargev the same to the receptacle adapted to receive the same.

The invention embraces many novel features, and a preferred form thereof is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fare register embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of the inclined frame plate, the carrying element. and the entraining means thereon. Fig. 3 is a similar rear elevation of said frame-plate and the mechanisms at the rear Specification of Letters Patent.

- the register.

able casing 12,

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

Serial No. 692,228.

thereof. Fig. t is a section on line 4-4 of view of the mutilated pinions for driving 11 is a section on line l1-11 of Fig. 2, showing the entraining means at normal. Fig. 12 is a similar view, showing the entraining means shifted by means of a passing coin, to register actuating position.

As shown in the drawings: 1. indicates a fare box or receptacle to receive the prepayment. Secured within the box is an in clined frame embracing side frame members and an inclined front plate 3, secured thereon and affording preferably a steep angle with the base, conveniently about 45 degrees. Journaled in said frame plates 2, is a shaft 4, which extends therethrough and through the side of the box, and is provided within said frame with a bevel gear 5. Journalcd in a suitable bearing 6, in the frame plate 7, is a shaft 8, having secured on its inner end a bevel gear 9", as shown in Fig. l, which meshes with a bevel gear 5. Said frame plate 3, is provided with a central, circular opening therethrough, concentric with the shaft 8, to receive the circular disk or plate 9, concentric and integral with the shaft 8. and which is of a thickness to project beyond the frame plate 3. As shown, said disk or plate 9, is rabbeted around its periphery to afford a flat seat to receive the inner edge of an annular carrying member 11, which is of a thickness to finish flush with the outer face of said disk or plate, as shown in Fig. 4, and is of a diameter nearly equal to the Width ofthe frame plate 3, which it overlies.

Bolted or otherwise engaged to the face of the frame plate 3, as illustrated more plainly in Figs. 1, 2 and a is a metallic or other suitwhich fits closelyaround the periphery of said carrying element 11, and affords a hopper therefor, and an opening is provided in the top of said casing to permit the discharge of coin thereinto through a chute 13,- from the coin box Li. Said in elined carrying element 11, is provided near its periphery with an outer concentric groove 15, and if desired. also, with an inner groove 16, and arranged near the periphery of said carrying element and facing toward the direction of rotation thereof, and, if desired, at substantially equal distances from the periphery, are projections 17, which, at their forward ends or that directed upwardly on the carrying side of said element, are chamfered or beveled inwardly, as shown in Fig. 2.

Arranged at various distances from, and at the outer side of the peripheral groove 16, are downwardly facing projections 18, 19 and 20, arranged slightly in advance of the corresponding projections 17, and a distance therefrom dependent upon the diainetersoit the coin to be engaged therebythat isto say, the projections 18, are arranged a distance't'rom the projections 17, adjacent thereto such that a dime cannot pass therebetween while the projections 19, are so arranged asto preclude the passage of a penny between the same and the corresponding passage 13, adjacent thereto, and in a like manher the projection 20, is so spaced from its corresponding peripheral projection 17, as to'retain a nickel lightly and loosely therebetweems'aid coin, when so positioned, overl ing said groove 15, so that as the carrying: element is rotated in the proper directionby means. o1 the rotation of the shaft 4:, the coins are successively engaged according to their denomination between the appropriate projections and carried thereby upwardly to the top of said carrying element. Rigidly secured on said rotative carrying element on ta e under side thereof, or, if preferred, independently engaged upon ashaiit 8, is a circular spacing plate affording the cam element 21., of the Geneva gear Rigidly secured thereon. and lying fiat against the same, as shown in Fig. 5, and secured fiat against .the same and concentric therewith, is a mutilated gear wheel 22,having teeth arranged on its periphery corresponding with the projections on the carrying element for carrying dimes, pennies and nickels respectively; As shown, the number of the teeth in each group is twice the penny value of the coin carried by the projections corre sponding therewith, and the teeth for like denominations are arranged oppositely on said gear, that is to say, two groups of two teeth for registering pennies and indicated by 23, are provided on diametrically opposite sides of the gear, two groups of ten teeth for registering nickels and indicated by 24:, also arranged diametrically opposite each other are provided on the gear, and two groups of twenty teeth indicated by 25, and arranged diametrically opposite each other, are provided thereon for registering dimes, although, of course, as will be seen, the number and arrangement of the groups of teeth in said mutilated gear vary with the denomination of the coin to be registered, and the number of groups for each denomination of coin may vary as preferred, dependent upon the average proportions or number of the different coins of each kind deliveredinto group equal to the space between adjacent teeth of the group Secured on the under side of the mutilated gear 22, is a locking plate 27*, which is of less diameter than the mutilated gear, and is flanged peripherally downward concentric with the shaft 8, and thence the flange is turned outwardly to afford locking flanges 27, 28, and 29, spaced from, and positioned to correspond with the respective groups of gear teeth for pennies, nickels, and dimes, as shown in Fig. 3, and of a length to extend from approximately the center of the first tooth of each o1 said groups slightly beyond the last tooth of the group. If desired (though not necessarily) the locking flanges or projections on said locking plate may rest 011,4u1 1d. revolve against the frame plate 7, as shown in Fig. at.

As shown, bolts 30, extend through the carrying element, the rabbeted portion of the disk 9, through the Geneva gear, mutilated gear, and locking plate, to engage the same positively in relative adjustment. Rigidly secured on a bracket 31, on the side frame plate 2, is a register or veeder 32, which may be of any suitable construction and is provided on the'extreinity of its shaft 33, with a bevel pinion 3t. Extending upwardly therefrom andjournaled in a bracket 35, secured to the inclined frame plate 3, and at its upper end journaled in a suitable seat in said frame plate, is a shaft 36, having a bevel pinion 37, secured on its lower end and meshing with the bevel pinion 34.

litigidly secured on the shaft 36, just below the lower face of the mutilated gear 22, is an eight toothed pinion 3S, and journaled on the shaft 36, between said pinion and the inclined frame plate 3, is a mutilated eight toothed pinion 39, the lower half of which, as shown, engages the teeth of the mutilated gear 22, and the mutilated upper half or" the gear 39, engages only the mutilated cam plate 21, as shown more fully in Figs 4 and 10. Said mutilated pinion rotates when engaged by the teeth of any group of the mutilated gear, and is held from rotation 'at the endot each of said groups by the locl pin on from further rotation until released from said locking pro ection 26, and again engaged by the teeth of the mutilated gear. Inasmuch as said mutilated pinion 39, rotat-es upon the shaft 36, means are required for locking the same on the shaft to rotate the veeder thereby. For this purpose, as shown, a gear wheel 4:0, is movably mounted below the frame plate 3, and at all times in mesh with the fixed pinion 38, on said shaft, and adapted to be shifted into mesh with the mutilated pinion- 39, through the medium of the coin to be registered, and means are provided for locking said gear in engagement with said pinions independently of the coin to be registered until the penny value of said coin has been registered. For this purpose, a bell crank is journaled on the upper side of the frame plate 3, on a shaft or pintle ll, journaled in a. bracket 42, secured on said frame plate for that purpq'se. The arms 4-3 and 44, of said bell crank are rigidly secured on said shaft or pintle 41, by means of a suitable key or in any suitable manner and the arm 43, is extended over said carrying element and at its free end is provided with a roller or wheel 45, tracking in the groove 15, in the carrying element and adapted to ride over the coin X, as shown in Fig. 12, when the same is carried by the carrying element therebeneath. If preferred, said wheel orroller 45, may be of rubber or partly of rubber, but is usually of steel. Secured on the arm 4 1, of said bell crank and extending downwardly through the frame plate 3, is a link 46, on which is secured. a yoke 47, between the arms of which the gear wheel 40, (which engages said pinions 38 and 89) is journaled. As shown, a bracket 48, is secured on the inclined frame plate 3, and extends downwardly and beneath said yoke, and rigidly secured therein is a shaft 49, as shown in Fig. 7, which extends upwardly through the arms of said yoke and into a suitable socket in the under side of the .frame plate, and said gear wheel 40, is journaled thereon, this construction permitting the yoke carrying the gears to slide freely upwardly and downwardly on the shaft when actuated by the coin to be registered. Means are provided for holding said gear 4-0, elevated and in mesh with both pinions until the registering of the coins whereby the same was shifted, is completed. For this purpose, as shown, a bracket 50, is secured on the under side of the inclined frame plate 3, ahd journaled on said bracket is a lever arm 51, which extends forwardly into close proximity with the gear wheel 40, and the free ends thereof are normally held downwardly or depressed by means of a spring wound about a pintle 53, for said arms and engaging oppositely on the bracket 50, and on said arms. The free end of said lever adjacent the gear 40, is slotted inwardly and substantially longitudinally thereof, the slot at the outer end of the lever being wider than inwardly therefrom, and projecting into said slot and engaging said arm or lever thereby, is a projection or finger 54:, integral with the lower arm of the yoke 4-7, for said gear wheel, so that the elevation of said yoke and gear wheel serves also to shift the otherwise free end of said arm or lever upwardly. Secured transversely on said arms or levers 51, at the free extremity thereof, is a transverse shaft or stud which projects normally beneath the locking projections on the locking plate, as shown in Figs. 6 and 11, but is adapted, when said lever arm is shifted upwardly, as shown in Fig. 12, to engage thereover, the forward edge of the locking projection being chamfered upwardly and inwardly to facili tate said stud passing upwardly over such locking projections, and if desired, a roller of small diameter may be provided on the extremity of said stud for the same purpose.

Receiving troughs or chutes indicated by X, are provided in an inclined position against the face of the carrying element, and beyond 'and below registering position of the coins to receive the same as they fall from between the projections whereby the same are carried to registering position, and to discharge the same into the box or compartment Y, in the bottom of the case.

The operation is as follows: As the coin is deposited, it passes to the hopper 12, which Surrounds the periphery of the carrying element and said carrying element being rotated by means of a crank or other suit-- able means applied by the shaft 4, the coin are engaged between the appropriate projec tions and carried upwardly and to the top of the carrying element. The coin carrying projections are spaced apart such a distance as to preclude more than one coin being carried between any pair of projections at the same time, or a coin other than that for which the projections are appropriated, said projections being so constructed and an ranged with reference to each other in each pair so that a smaller coin will pass therebetween, or a coin of larger diameter will fall therefrom before reaching registering position. Said-projections are so set relatively to each other in each pair as to carry the coinspast registering position whence the coin fall into the chutes for delivery into the drawer or compartment.

As the coins pass upwardly at the top of the carrying element, they pass beneath and raise the arm 43, of the bell crank as the Wheel 45, rises upon the coin, thereby shifting the yoke 47, and gear wheel 40, upwardly through the medium of the bell crank arm 44:, and link i6, bringing said gear wheel into mesh with both pinions 38 and 39. At this moment, the Geneva gearand mutilated gear are so positioned relatively to the coin on the carrying element,

that one of the appropriate groups of gear teeth on said mutilated gear begins to mesh with the mutilated pinion 39, and just as the same is released from the Geneva gear, thereby rotating the mutilated pinion 39, and, inasmuch as the gear 40, is in mesh therewith and also with the pinion 38, rotating the latter, and consequently the shaft 36, thereby beginningthe actuation of the veeder or register. dust at the moment said gear 40, is shifted upwardly into mesh with both said pinions, the stud 55, actuating from the yoke of said gear, is thrown upwardly, as indicated in Fig. 12, in position for the stud 55, to engage over the locking projection corresponding with the group of gear teeth engaged, so that said stud passes upwardly over said projection holding said gear and pinions in mesh independently of the coin and until said. stud passes over the rear end of the locking projection, permit ting the parts to return to normal with the gear 40, out of mesh with the pinion 39, which is again locked upon the Geneva gear.

The return to normal is facilitated by the spring 52, which acts to throw the lever arms 51, downwardly, and, owing to the engage ment of said lever arms with the yoke for said gear, also shifting the latter downwardly and out of mesh and bringing the roller 45, on the bell crank arm i3, back into the groove 15, of the carrying element ready to again be engaged by the next succeeding coin. The amplitude of movement of the gear 40, may be as great as desired, owing, in part, to said groove 15, which, owing to the engagement of the wheel or roller therein, necessitates a greater amplitude of movement when raised by the coin than would otherwise be the case, so that even very thin coins serve to bring the mechanism into mesh for accurate registering. The grooves 15 and 16, however, serve an additional purpose in that they receive therein the upper edges of the bottoms of the troughs or chutes whereby the coin are conducted to the drawer or receptacle, thus obviating any possibility of the coin lodging on the upper end of the chute.

Of course, it is to be understood that the register or veeder of whatever type used, is so constructed, and the proportions of the respective gears and pinions are such that the rotation of the shaft 36, by the respective groups of teeth on the mutilated gear shall be just sufiicient to register the coin value on said register of each coin as it passes registering position. v

"While I have shown a groove in the carrying element, this, of course, is not essential,

but is a mere convenience, nor is it essential that the carrying element and mutilated gear and locking plate be physically and rigidly connected upon the same shaft or otherwise. It is to he understood that I have by, an idler gear,

shown but a preferred form of the invention,

and I do not purpose limiting the patent to be granted on this application otherwise than necessitated by the prior art, as very numerous changes and modifications may be efiected without departing from the principles of this invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A fare register embracing a hopper to receive the coin, an inclined carrying element therein for delivering the coin one by one therefrom, register actuating means driven simultaneously with the carrying element, registering mechanism actuated thereignt and loose gears adapted to. be intermeshed thereby to be driven from said means to actuate said register and .normally out of train, shifting mechanism actuated by the coin to be registered and acting to bring said gears into train, and means independent of the coin for holding the gears entrain until the registration is completed.

2. In a device of the class described a 1'0- tative carrying element, a Geneva gear, a mutilated gear having groups of teeth appropriate to the coin value respectively of a plurality of coins, a locking plate, all rotatively supported, a veeder or register, a tight and loose pinion axially alined, the first connected to drive the veeder, the second constantly meshing with the mutilated gear and the Geneva gear, a get r normally meshing with the tight pinion and shiftable to engage both to drive the veeder, a bell crank lever, one arm thereof connected to shift said gear, the other arm thereof extending into the path of the passing coin on the carrying wheel and when engaged by the coin acting to bring said mechanisms all entrain, and a locking lever acting simultaneously with the shifting of the gears to engage the locking plate.

3. In a device of the class described a coin carrying element, a sliding gear actuatable by i ed to transmit the drive to said register, and

a sliding gear operated by a coin to entrain said latter two gears.

6. In a device of the class described a coin carrying element, a mutilated gear connected therewith, a register, a shaft, tight and loose gears thereon, the latter in mesh with said mutilated gear, and a sliding gear operated by the coin to be registered to entrain said tight and loose gears to register the said coin. v

7. in a machine of the class described a coin carrying element, a mutilated gear con nected therewith, groups of teeth of various numbers thereon, a pinion normally in po sition to mesh with said groups, another inion adaceut thereto a slidin ear en- 7 23 b gaged therewith and adapted to engage said first pinion to entrain the, two, and aregister operatively connected with the second pinion to register the coin.

8. In a device of the class described a crank actuated by a coin, a yoke moved thereby, a gear journaled therein, a pivoted lever slotted to engage said yoke to move therewith, a lug on said lever, means adapted to engage said lug in either position of said slidable yoke to lock the same in such position, and a spring adapted to normally retract said yoke and gear into non-actuatable position.

9. in a machine of the class described a register, driving means therefor, sliding mechanism to entrain the same, a pivoted lever slotted to engage said sliding mechanism, a lug on said lever, a removable cam adapted to engage the same to lock said sliding mechanism in entrained or disentrained position, and means to retract and normally retain said mechanism in the dis entrained. position.

10. In a device of the class described coin carrying means for coin of different denomination, registering mechanism for the coin, a driving member for said registering mechanism connected for synchronous movement with said coin carrying means and normally out of train with said registering mechanism, a plurality of groups of different numbers of teeth thereon, a loose gear always in mesh therewith, a movable idler gear adapted to entrain the re istering mechanism and one of said groups of teeth on said driving member through said loose gear in accordance with the denomination of said coin, and a lever adapted to be contacted by a coin to move said gear.

11. In a device of the class described coin carrying means for coin of different denomination, registering mechanism for the coin, a driving member tor said registering mechanism connected for synchronous movement with said coin carrying means and normally out of train with said. registering mechanism, a plurality of groups of different numbers of teeth thereon, a loose gear normally in train with said driving member, a longitudinally movable idler gear adapted toentrain the registering mechanism with one of said groups of teeth onsaid driving memher through said loose gear in accordance with the denomination oi said coin, means adapted to be contacted by a coin to move said idler gear, and means maintaining said registering mechanism and driving member entrained until the coin is registered.

12. In. a device of the class described inclined coin carrying means for coins of dif ferent denomination, registering mechanism for the coin, a tight and loose gear associated therewith, a rotatable driving member for said registering mechanism connected for synchronous movement with-said coin carrying means and meshing with said loose gear and normally out of train with said registering mechanism, a longitudinally movable idler gear adapted to intermesh with said tight and loose gears to entrain the registering mechanism and said driving member, and means adapted to be contacted by a coin on the carrying means to move said. idler gear.

18. In a device of the class described coin carrying means for coins of ditlerent denomination, registering mechanism for the coin, tight and loose gears associated therewith, a rotatable driving member for said registering mechanism connected for synchronous movement with said coin carrying means meshing with said loose gear and normally out of train with said registering mechanism, a longitudinally movable idler gear adapted to entrain the registering mcchanism with said driving member to inter,- mesh with said tight and loose gears, means adapted to be contacted by a coin on the carrying means to move said idler gear, means maintaining said registering mechanism and driving member entrained until the coin is registered, and mechanism to disentrain the same after registration of said coin.

14. In a device of the class described a coin carrying disk, projections thereon to pick up and carry coins of different denomination, registering mechanism for the coin, tight and loose gears associated therewith, a driving member for said registering mech anism connected for synchronous movement with said coin carrying disk and normally out of train with said registering mechanism, a plurality of groups of different numbers of teeth thereon, a slidably mounted idler gear adapted to entrain the registering mechanism and one of said groups of teeth on said driving member by meshing both with said tight gear and with said loose gear in accordance with the denomination of said coin, means adapted to be contacted by a coin to move said slidable gear, means maintaining said registering mechanism and driving member entrained until the coin is registered, and mechanism to disentrain the same after the registration 'of said coin.

15. In a device of the class described a coin carrying element, means removed from the com carrying element for drlving a register, a register normally out of train with said driving means therefor, tight and loose gears associated with said register with the loose gear always in engagement with said driving means, shifting mechanism operated by contact with the surface of a passing coin to interlock said tight and loose gears to bring the register into train with. its driving means, and means holding the register n trainindependeiit oi? said coin until the coin value has been registered on the register.

16. in a device of the class described a continuously rotatable coin advancing element, driving mechanism independent from, and rotating simultaneously therewith, and a register normally out of train with the driving mechanism, pivotally supported means for entrancing the register with 1ts driving means, and including a shifting lever above the coin advancing element in position to beheld elevated by each passing coin, a roller on the end of said lever to contact the coin, and means acting to maintain the register in train until complete registration oi. the coin and to release the same from train thereupon. I

17. in a machine of the class described an inclined rotative coin carrying wheel, coin carrying projections-thereon, said coin carrying wheel having a groove in the face thereof concentric therewith and lying. between the coin'carrying nrojections, a tripping lever extending over the face of said wheel, a roller thereon extending into the groove and adapted to ride over each coin carried therepa st on said carrying element, a shifting arm connected With saidlever, a register, independently mounted driving means therefor normally out-of train therewith, means connected with the shifting arm to bring the same into train when the tripping lever is elevated by each coin, and means holding the same in-train until registration of the coin is effected.

18. In a device of the class described a r0- tative coin advancing element, means for driving the same, a register, rotative driving means for the register normally'out of train therewith, and independently mounted from, and driven simultaneously With the coin advancing element, a lever disposed above the coin advancing element in position to be engaged and held elevated by each passing coin, a roller on the end of said lever to contact the coin, a shifting arm rigidly con nected to said lever and operatively connected to bring the register in train with its driving means when said arm is elevated by topics of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by

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the coin, and enacting means for holding the same in train independent of the coin until the coin value is registered.

19. In a device of the class described a hopper, an inclined rotative grooved coin carrying plate extending thereinto and fording a part of the bottom thereof, projections on said coin carrying plate adapted to selectively engage and carry the indiscriminately mixed coin from the hopper one by one to a place of deposit, a tripping lever extending into the path of the coin, a roller on the end thereof tracking in said grooved carrying plate, a register, driving means therefor independent from, and driven simultaneously with the coin carry-- ing element, and normally out of train with the register, operative connections for bringing the register in train with its driving means when the tripping arm is elevated by a coin, and co-acting detents acting to hold the same in train until the coin value is registered;

20. In a machine of the class described a rotatable driving shaft, a coin advancing element mounted thereon, a register driving shaft mounted at a distance from said driving shaft, operative connections between said shafts for driving the same simultane ously, a register, tight and loose gears on the register driving shaft for driving the register, and normally out of train with one another, a lever extending above the coin advancing element to be held elevated successively by each coin advanced thereby, shifting means connected with said lever for entraining said tight and loose gear to entrain the register with its driving means, and means independent of the coin for holding the same in train until the coin is registered.

21. In a device of the class described a coin carrying element, a register, register actuating mechanism, a loose gear connected to be continuously driven by said register actuating mechanism, a tight gear connected to actuate the register mounted adjacent thereto, and means actuatable by a com on said carrying element to lock said tight and loose gear together to cause actuation of the register by said actuating mechanism to properly register a coin on said element.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HUGO J. BAUR. Witnesses; I

CHARLES W. HILLS, J12, Lawns): on ltnies'rnm.

addressing the Commissioner of Patents. 

